Beyond Meat Moves to New Headquarters in Heart of Historic Smoky
Hollow District in El Segundo, California

Food tech start-up opens office in revitalized neighborhood
attracting creative businesses and that for decades was home to
manufacturers and vendors serving neighboring aerospace firms

January 22, 2014 01:40 PM Eastern Standard Time

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Beyond
Meat® (@BeyondMeat),
a leading developer of plant-based protein products that replicate the
texture and taste of meat, has moved its headquarters to 111 Main Street
in the historic Smoky Hollow neighborhood of El
Segundo, California.

Beyond Meat joins a contingent of other dynamic start-up companies that
have made Smoky Hollow their home for the past few years, attracted by
other creative businesses and retro buildings of exposed brick and
warehouse spaces. The move provides Beyond Meat with an open-office
layout, a new test kitchen and a family-style dining area for holding
meetings and taste test events. The new minimalistic space emphasizes
the company’s focus on collaboration, sustainable living and food
innovation. Beyond Meat will continue to produce its products at its
plant in Columbia, Missouri.

“El Segundo is a business-friendly city pleased to be the home of many
of California’s most exciting start-up companies,” said Mayor Bill
Fisher. “Beyond Meat has chosen the Smoky Hollow area of El Segundo
because it is an epicenter in which innovation, creativity and
prosperity thrive and we are pleased to have them here.”

“We see this move to Smoky Hollow as an opportunity to join a community
of vibrant companies that are changing the world, and to enhance the
day-to-day lives of our employees by providing a creative, open space
environment to collaborate,” said Beyond Meat Founder and CEO Ethan
Brown. “At Beyond Meat, we try very hard to create a work
environment that fosters acceptance of new ideas and teamwork internally
while staying keenly in-tune with our external audiences. The new
office’s location and open atmosphere supports both goals.
We are confident this move to Smoky Hollow will positively impact our
efforts to reduce the world’s dependency on animal protein.”

Beyond Meat’s products, such as its Chicken-Free Strips, are available
in Whole Foods Markets, Sprouts Farmers Markets, national restaurant
chain Tropical Smoothie and independent natural stores, among other
retail and foodservice outlets.

About Beyond Meat:

Beyond Meat is committed to becoming the market leader in the
development and introduction of new plant protein products. With a focus
on replacing animal protein with plant protein, our goal is to
ultimately create high nutritional value at a lower cost. Beyond Meat's
Chicken-Free Strips are made with a blend of pea and soy protein
offering consumers as much protein as chicken, 20 grams of protein per
three-ounce serving. They have no saturated or trans fat, are
cholesterol-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, meat-free, egg-free,
GMO-free, hormone-free, antibiotic-free and guilt-free. For more reasons
to Go Beyond visit www.beyondmeat.com,
Twitter @BeyondMeat
or Facebook page Beyond
Meat.